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vacant  vacant lot or field:  ihtolaana
vagina  chocho, inchoocho, tayyihastiⁿholiswa.   genitals (male or female):  istiⁿholiswa
vain  to be a bragger, proud, vain:  ilahota.   to be proud of something, vain about:  istilahota
valley  ookolokbi.   potholes, series of dips or valleys:  kolkobi
value  to treat with respect, treasure, value:  ayyiho, iyíihòssi.   to value, treasure or cherish something belonging to someone else:  imiyíihòosi
vapor trail  ɬaafka
vat  iyyìisa
vegetables  nàaswaaya
vegetation  to be overgrown, dense (with vegetation):  olahna
vehicle  any motorized vehicle:  ibisnáaliwalíika.   to be turned over inside a vehicle, flip a vehicle in an accident:  istafilinka.   to drive (a car), run, operate, turn on or start (a vehicle or machine):  waliilichi
vein  ɬakhani assikchi, assikchi.   leaf veins:  ittohissichofkoni
venereal disease  yokbi
Venetian blinds  ayyanchahka mastimatonka
venison  ichonipo
vertebra  chanahki, wakhachanahki
vertical  to be standing upright, be set up vertically (of more than one):  lókkòoli
vertigo  to experience vertigo:  imayohka.   to cause someone to experience vertigo:  imayohlichi
very  fíhna.   exactly, right, very, really:  -fíhna.   really, very:  -àapi, -palammi.   the one, the very, the same, the exact:  -áali.   very, really:  -mooli, -yáali.   (do) a lot, (do) too much, very, too:  áalòosi
vessel  large ship, sea vessel:  piɬɬabaski.   blood vessel:  ɬakhaniⁿhini, ɬakhani assikchi, assikchi
vest  kapòota koboksi
veteran  ittilbafa aati
vibrate  to vibrate:  ilkowàalichi, ilkowàali, ataawotlichi
viburnum  ittobitìima
vice  to pound, squeeze open in a vice:  liska
vice president  mikko istatòkla, mikko istimatòkla
vicinity  here, this place, this vicinity, right here, this way:  yàali
vicious  to be mad, crazy, mean (of an animal), vicious:  hoyoopa
victim  abused victimized person, a person one is mean to and uncaring about:  sikoopali
village  oola
vine  apànkachi, ɬolotli.   creeper, crawling vine:  apakfòoli.   blue vine with thorns:  baɬkapìhchi okchakko.   crawling vine with purple flowers, prob. morning glory:  hapaafalala.   muscadine vine:  chokkapihchi.   wild grape vine:  baɬkapihchi
vinegar  finika
violet  wild violet:  fayolitka maɬátli.   African violet:  fayolitka.   to be blue, green, purple, violet, in the blue-green spectrum:  okchakko
virile  to be virile:  polooma
visible  to be visible:  ilhíicha.   to be visible to:  immóttàaki.   to be visible from a distance:  maamóttàaki.   to be visible, legible, perceivable:  mottaki.   to be perceptible to, visible to:  immottaki.   to be showing, be perceived, be seen, be visible:  móttàaki.   to be able to be seen, be still visible to:  immottáaki.   to be out and visible (of a heavenly body):  chókkòoli, maachókkòoli.   to appear, be out and visible (of a rainbow):  maahátchàali.   to be invisible:  ilhichíkso
vision  istilhicha.   to be blurry, dim, clouded (of the vision):  tóobòosi
visit  to visit:  imonti.   to visit with:  imbiniili.   to come to see (someone), visit:  imila.   to come, arrive (at a place), visit a place:  oɬa.   to go visiting:  biniili.   to sleep over at a person's, come visit with overnight:  iltinnochi.   to sleep over, come visit overnight:  ilnochi.   to stay, visit, live, be here (of one or two):  àtta
visitor  binìili
visor  intalka
voice  nokbi
void  to divorce, make the marriage license void:  alwahli
volleyball  pokkobatka
vomit  ahoolta.   to vomit, throw up:  ahoota.   to vomit on purpose, purge oneself:  ahoota.   to vomit up (something), vomit because of something in particular:  istahoota.   to make vomit, nauseate:  ahootachi
vote  selecting a chief, vote for chief:  mikkochilka.   to abstain, make oneself stop (as from voting):  iliinokchoba
vulture  sayki, saykichòoba